1913
ID: 1218
Britain's Mental Deficiency Act passed, allowing institutionalization of 'defectives'
ID: 1218
1913
ID: 1220
Federal Reserve System established: To provide banking stability after repeated financial panics - drives standardization of banking accounting
ID: 1220
1913
ID: 1221
Srinivasa Ramanujan arrives in Cambridge, bringing revolutionary mathematical insights - 'An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God'
ID: 1221
1913
ID: 1222
BASF begins commercial production of ammonia using the Haber-Bosch process at Ludwigshafen
ID: 1222
1913
ID: 1223
Stainless steel first produced commercially by Krupp in Germany
ID: 1223
1913
ID: 4474
Marchant Calculating Machine Company founded - develops proportional lever mechanism for speed
ID: 4474
1913
ID: 5615
German exports to Britain reach £40 million - 'Made in Germany' now premium brand, Germany surpasses Britain in steel production
ID: 5615
1913
ID: 1219
November 1913
Lenin writes to Maxim Gorky: 'All worship of a divinity is a necrophilia... There can be nothing more abominable than religion'
ID: 1219